Destination

It is a cool city situated on a valley between mountains. Tobacco is the main product in this area.

Currently it is considered one of the best cigars worldwide. The most important festivity in Esteli is “El Hipico” a local celebration that gathers hundreds of pure blood horses. La Casa de la Cultura (Culture’s House) is an interesting place to visit, to learn about the local culture.

El Salto de la Estanzuela is an interesting and beautiful waterfall that awaits for you at only 5 Km. From the city and afterwards you should visit El Bosque located 20 Km south of Pueblo Nuevo. In this natural surrounding you can see birds and animal fossils as well as Petroglyphs dated 30,000 years old, one of the oldest evidences of mankind in Central America.

Finally take a trip to San Juan de Limay, a little town, in order to see how the local craftsmen produce sculptures using a unique stone known as Piedra de Limay.

I just returned from Nicaragua and wanted to tell you that both tours that we went on were fabulous! (Masaya volcano tour and "a day at the beach")- the tour guide Jimmy was very knowledgable and fun! And the bus driver Roger was also really good (calm & courteous drive)....We had a great time learning about the culture while enjoying the beautiful country. Please pass this on so Jimmy and Roger get 'kudos' from their manager! Best regards,-- Lisa Rothgeb | Senior Technical Designer - SWAT

I had booked online from the US 4 different one-day tours to different places in Nicaragua with Gray Line Managua and I have been very satisfied. Even though I had booked group tours, I found out I was the only passenger so I benefited of my own driver an tour guide for personalized tours during the whole 4 tours for the same price and was glad my tours were not canceled. Both tour guides were very professional, showing up on (or even before) time and attentive to all my desires, making all the changes to the program I wanted.More..

I was in Nicaragua last week, traveling with Rosemary McClure of the Los Angeles Times. David Rosales was our tour guide. He is a remarkable combination -- professional, knowledgeable, thoughtful, insightful, flexible, fluent in English, and fun to be with. You have a winner there. He is an excellent tour guide. We also appreciated Roger, our driver, who was always on time, flexible, courteous and a very good driver. I suspect they are your very best employees. Thank you for assigning us your very best.-- Marty